Monaco Business will return on Friday, September 18 at the Sea Club, Le Meridien Beach Plaza, for a 14th edition that remains the principality's largest annual B2B gathering. Held under the High Patronage of Prince Albert II, the event is expected to draw around 1,000 visitors and more than 50 exhibitors across 1,000 square metres of exhibition space, and will be opened by Minister of State Christophe Mirmand.
Artificial intelligence will take centre stage in this year's programme, with entrepreneur and digital specialist Gilles Babinet addressing the links between AI, European competitiveness and technological sovereignty. The programme runs to six conferences in total, also covering security as a foundation of Monaco's prosperity, cybersecurity and the implications of the EU's NIS2 framework, environmental policy and sustainable development, and the ability of Monaco-based companies to expand into international markets.
Announced speakers include Grimaldi Forum Monaco General Director Sylvie Biancheri, Monaco Telecom CEO Martin Peronnet, Monte-Carlo Societe des Bains de Mer Deputy Chairman Stephane Valeri, and Laboratoire Therascience President Jean-Pierre Agarra. A dedicated networking lounge will let participants arrange meetings throughout the day, while workshops and coaching sessions will offer practical support to entrepreneurs and companies considering setting up in the principality.
The day will close at 6pm with the presentation of the Monaco Business Award, which recognises a company or entrepreneur contributing to the principality's economic development. The 2025 award went to Olena Sullivan-Prykhodko, founder and director of the British School of Monaco. Admission is free, with advance registration available through the official Monaco Business website.